Berry box carrier



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BERRY BOX I CARRIER Filed Aug. 16.. 1944;

Patented May 27, 1947 TED .rSTATES T FF! CE BERRY BOXCARRIER Cornelius Bartsch, Van Nuys, Galif.

Application AugustlG, 1944, Serial No. 549,657

2.0laims. 1

This invention rel-ates'to "new and useful improvements in carriers such as can be used for carrying berry boxes and the like. At present, it is very difiicult to carry about the usual tray or box while picking berries, because in doing so, the berries frequently become crushed by the fingers of the person moving the box and frequently when the box is nearly filled, a slight inclination of the same will cause the berries to roll out.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a carrier that may be conveniently used by berry pickers to carry berry boxes, to the end that one hand can be used for carrying the box in the carrier while the other is used for picking berries.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a carrier of the character stated which can be placed upon the ground in a berry patch and which because of this construction will serve to support a berry box well above the normal height of surrounding berry plants.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention shall become apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the carrier, a berry box being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an end elevational View of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is an end elevational View of the form of .the invention shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the carrier consists of a pair of end frames, each end frame consisting of a straight horizontal portion 5, upright end portions 6, 6 which curve inwardly, as at 1, and go to form a loop 8 at the uppermost portion of the end frame. The purpose of the loop 8 at each end frame is to brace a corresponding end of an elongated handle 9.

Elongated wire runners H] are looped at their ends, as at H, over the straight horizontal portions 5 of the end frames. This makes up the entire carrier, and as is apparent, the end frames as well as the bottom runners H] are constructed of a suitable gauge wire. A berry box A is placed upon the runners It with its end portions projecting through the end frames.

A modification of the invention is shown, in

2 Figures 4, 5 and 6. -Inthis form of the invention inverted U-shaped end frames 12 each has a loop 53 formed at its uppermost portion, while at the lower ends of its leg portions enlarged loops I i are formed to define supporting feet.

Wire bridge members l5 span the leg portions of the end frames I2 and are snugly looped at their end portions, as at It, against the leg portions and perhaps soldered in place.

Elongated wire runners I! extend from one end of the frame to the other and their end portions are looped snugly in place, as at 8, over the bridge members it, thus forming a bottom for the carrier, it being observed that this bottom structure is well above the circular foot portions I 4.

An elongated hand bar 19 has its end portions disposed through the loops I3.

It can now be seen that metal to metal contacts of the various wire members of both forms of the-invention can be adequately secured by welding or some other adhering means or process.

Further, the purpose in having the bottom structure in the form of the invention shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 elevated is so that the carrier may be set down amongst berry plants where the berry box supported upon the bottom structure will be well elevated above the plants and readily accessible to the berry picker, while at the same time eliminating the present practice of setting down a box, perhaps on portions of the berry plants, thus crushing the plants and berries thereunder.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the claimed as new is: I

1. In a berry box carrier, the combination, which comprises, spaced wire end frames, horizontal box-supporting wire elements associated with the lower ends of the frames, and a wood handle associated with the upper ends of said end frames and with the ends thereof extending freely into loops formed in the upper ends of said end frames and shaped to correspond with the peripheral surface of the ends of said handle; said end frames having transverse horizontal wire invention, what is members associated with the lower ends thereof providing mounting means for said horizontal bgx supporting elements and coacting with said horizontal box supporting elements providing a base for supporting said carrier on soft ground and the like.

2. In a berry box carrier, the combination, which comprises, spaced wire end frames, horizontal box-supporting Wire elements spaced from the lower ends of the frames, and a wood handle associated with the upper ends of said end frames and with the ends thereof extending freely into loops formed in the upper ends of said end frames and shaped to correspond with the peripheral surface of the ends of said handle; said end frames having transverse horizontal wire members spaced from the lower ends thereof providing mounting means for said horizontal box-supporting elements and horizontally positioned base elements at the said lower ends formed of wire loops of sufficient size to support said carrier in soft ground and the like.

CORNELIUS BARTSCH.

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